Delta
#2,326 for girls in 2025, 78 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 97.6% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 1893 · 17 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,368since 1883
Delta over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Delta has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,326 | 78 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,265 | 82 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,890 | 105 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,885 | 105 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #1,704 | 119 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,569 | 136 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #2,597 | 67 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,842 | 39 | — | |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,456 | 16 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | #8,237 | 14 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,245 | 19 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,391 | 15 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,718 | 16 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,329 | 23 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,909 | 26 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,680 | 31 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,906 | 47 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,300 | 82 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,127 | 99 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,594 | 57 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,874 | 20 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,348 | 27 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,489 | 24 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,197 | 29 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,369 | 25 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,820 | 37 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,928 | 32 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,940 | 30 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,842 | 28 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,253 | 19 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,993 | 24 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,418 | 32 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,455 | 31 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,467 | 32 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,472 | 28 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,514 | 25 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,070 | 44 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,182 | 36 | — | |
| 1934 | #993 | 48 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,102 | 40 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,117 | 44 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,069 | 49 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,101 | 48 | — | |
| 1924 | #999 | 58 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,005 | 56 | — | |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,072 | 50 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #1,119 | 45 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | #1,010 | 51 | — | |
| 1918 | #989 | 53 | — | |
| 1917 | #952 | 53 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #789 | 74 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #856 | 58 | — | |
| 1914 | #850 | 48 | — | |
| 1913 | #961 | 31 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #763 | 43 | — | |
| 1911 | #853 | 25 | — | |
| 1910 | #845 | 26 | — | |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 | — | |
| 1908 | #742 | 27 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,142 | 12 | — | |
| 1906 | #793 | 21 | — | |
| 1905 | #968 | 15 | — | |
| 1904 | #727 | 23 | — | |
| 1903 | #931 | 14 | — | |
| 1902 | #849 | 17 | — | |
| 1901 | #918 | 13 | — | |
| 1900 | #803 | 21 | — | |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #719 | 21 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 | — | |
| 1896 | #728 | 19 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1894 | #905 | 12 | — | |
| 1893 | #713 | 17 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1891 | #943 | 9 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | #802 | 11 | — | |
| 1888 | #724 | 13 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1883
The first year at least five girls were named Delta! It came in at #754, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Delta is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Louisiana#381 · 1 in 2,804
Best ever in a state: #187 in West Virginia, 1973.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #381 | 6 | 1 in 2,804 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 61 spots since 2024 (#2,265 → #2,326)
- 622 spots since 2020 (#1,704 → #2,326)
- 1,516 spots since 2015 (#3,842 → #2,326)
- Biggest jump: 400 spots in 1908 (#1,142 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 408 spots in 1890 (#802 → #1,210)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1893 at #713 (17 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 74 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 33 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 33 yrs · run 1908–1918
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,972
- Highest: 1 in 11,972 girls born in 1904 were named Delta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,606 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #713 in 1893, was only 1 in 12,524 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 12.7% of all girls named Delta (554) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 51 | #724 (1888) | #831 |
| 1890s | 131 | #713 (1893) | #908 |
| 1900s | 192 | #727 (1904) | #862 |
| 1910s | 462 | #763 (1912) | #887 |
| 1920s | 488 | #969 (1922) | #1,091 |
| 1930s | 389 | #993 (1934) | #1,165 |
| 1940s | 283 | #1,313 (1940) | #1,625 |
| 1950s | 298 | #1,641 (1952) | #1,940 |
| 1960s | 195 | #2,197 (1961) | #3,259 |
| 1970s | 410 | #1,127 (1973) | #2,796 |
| 1980s | 184 | #3,690 (1988) | #4,335 |
| 1990s | 156 | #3,909 (1990) | #6,371 |
| 2000s | 115 | #6,245 (2005) | #10,326 |
| 2010s | 460 | #1,569 (2019) | #5,793 |
| 2020s | 554 | #1,704 (2020) | #2,122 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Delta in 1915
girls
#856
58 births · 1 in 16,963 girls
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 16,963 of them was named Delta, which outranked 82.8% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).